Luigi De Marchi
Editor & Publisher

Luigi De Marchi

Luigi De Marchi, architect, is the editor and publisher of Cultural Heritage Online. He founded the archive in 1998 as beniculturalionline.it and has published it without interruption since.

Contributions: 4 articles · 1,209 heritage places · 8 itineraries · 2 road-books

Author name: Luigi De Marchi

Luigi De Marchi, architect, is the editor and publisher of Cultural Heritage Online. He founded the archive in 1998 as beniculturalionline.it and has published it without interruption since.

Artaria-Haus on Kohlmarkt, Vienna — Max Fabiani building of 1900-1902 with marble-clad facade and oriel windows

Artaria-Haus, Vienna

On Vienna’s most polished shopping street, Max Fabiani hung a facade of thin marble slabs over a modern frame in 1900 — Otto Wagner’s doctrine made stone…

Lucerna Palace, Prague — facade of the Havel family's palace of passages on Vodičkova street

Lucerna Palace, Prague

A city under one roof, built by the president’s grandfather: the Lucerna Palace threads cinema, ballroom, café and shops along a marble passage — with Saint…

Koruna Palace at the foot of Wenceslas Square, Prague — corner tower crowned by a stylized crown, 1914

Koruna Palace, Prague

A crown of illuminated pearls closes the bottom of Wenceslas Square: the Koruna Palace of 1914, where Prague’s Art Nouveau turned geometric and started…

Hotel Central on Hybernská street, Prague — the city's first Art Nouveau hotel, opened 1901

Hotel Central, Prague

Prague’s Art Nouveau century begins here: the Hotel Central, opened in November 1901, brought the new floral style to the city’s hotel trade — and Auguste…

Hanavský Pavilion on the Letná heights, Prague — ornate cast-iron exhibition pavilion of 1891

Hanavský Pavilion, Prague

Built to sell cast iron, it ended up selling a view: the Hanau ironworks’ exhibition pavilion of 1891 now stands on the Letná heights, its filigree balconies…

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